Within weeks of resigning, he was appointed general manager of a company proposing to build an 850-person workers' camp linked to the project.

Mr Maher says there appears to be a conflict of interest.

"My motion ... is for Planning Solutions to give a full disclosure of the date that they first started working on this application and to see how that coincides with the dates that he resigned as the chair," he said.

"My feeling is that those two things would have overlapped by several months."

Mr Kotsoglo and Planning Solutions Australia have been contacted for comment.

The Department of Planning says no conflict on interest has arisen because Mr Kotsoglo had resigned as committee chairman before taking the job with the company.

Brothel

At the same meeting, the shire was asked to investigate the need for a brothel in the town, should the gas hub go ahead.

Studies, published as part of State Government planning for the project, identified an increased risk of informal prostitution and sexually transmitted infections should thousands of fly-in, fly-out workers be brought into the area.

Unlike mining towns like Karratha and Kalgoorlie, there are no brothels in Kimberley communities.

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